Nick Brien Scholarship

Eligibility

To be eligible for the Nick Brien Scholarship students must be:

• Enrolled on the final year of the BA Games Design and BA Advertising courses at London College of Communication, UAL starting in September 2024.

About

Nick Brien has over 40 years of global experience across advertising, media and marketing services. He entered the gaming industry for the first time in March 2023 as the CEO of Enthusiast Gaming where he served until January 2024. Nick also graduated from the College of Distributive Trades (now London College of Communication) in 1982.

Prior to joining Enthusiast Gaming, Nick Brien was the CEO of Amobee, a leading ad-tech company, a role he held between 2021 and 2022. Between 2017 and 2019, he was the Americas CEO of Dentsu International, one of the largest global marketing and advertising agency networks in the world, serving some of the world’s biggest companies, such as Microsoft, Intel, General Motors, Anheuser-Busch, P&G, and American Express.

Nick Brien is passionate about nurturing young, creative talent within the gaming and advertising industries and launched the Nick Brien scholarships for BA Advertising and BA Games Design at LCC in 2024.

The scholarship will be assessed on the basis of financial need and academic merit. It will provide a contribution to course costs and living expenses for the final year of the course.

Applications are particularly welcome from students who are in financial hardship and will benefit from undergraduate studies to realise their full potential.

Receiving payment

The scholarship will provide a contribution of £5,000 for the final year of the course.

Course costs and living expenses payments will be paid in termly instalments via BACS to the award recipients.